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No. 446,399. Patented Feb. 10, 18 91.

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M. L WRIGHT. HEEL SEAT FORMING AND EDGE SETTING MACHINE. No. 446,399.Patented-5%. 19, 1-891.

In In: w$01n 7 Written States Patent triplet MARCUS L. XVRIGIIT, OFNEYVTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LYSANDER RIGIIT, J 13., OF NEVARK, NFIWJERSEY' HEEL SEAT-FORWHNG AND EDGE=SETTBNG MACHENE.

SPECIFIGATTON forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,399, dated February10, 1891.

Application filed November 1, 1890, Serial No. 370,072. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARCUS L. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton, Sussex county, New Jersey, have in vented certainnew and useful Improvements in lleel Seatl orming and Edge-SettingMachines, fully described and represented in the follow in gspecification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention consists in a machine comprising a vibrating former and astationary supporter adapted to enter the seam between the sole andupper of a shoe adjacent to the path of the former to sustain the shoewhen pressed against the same by the operator.

The invention is adapted for use as a heelseat-formin g or anedge-setting machine, but is designed specially for forming the heelseatof a shoe, and is described herein in connection with such operation.

By the use of my invention the exterior of the heel-seat or edge of theshoe is uniformly shaped all around, and the operation is performed sorapidly that the shoe is preferably held in the hand of the operator. Alast having been previously fitted tightly within the shoe, the latteris pressed against the supporter, so that the seam between its sole andupper is entered by the supporter, which lat ter operates to sustain thethrust of the shoe and also to hold the shoe in the desired relation tothe former while it is shifted by the operator.

The construction will be understood by reference to the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a sideelevation, of a machine embodying my invention, a portion of the bedbeing broken away in Fi 1 to show the (lrivingcrank. Fig. 3 is a plan ofthe machine. Fig. at is an enlarged view of the adjustable supporter andthe former, with a portion of the pivotbearing. Fig. 5 is a plan of theadjustable supporter and the former. Fig. 6 is a front View of theformer, and Fig. 7 is a front view of the supporter. Fig. 8 is a plan ofthe former and supporter in a different arrangement from that shown inthe preceding fig ures.

The machine is shown of a convenient design to secure upon a work-bench.at a suitable height for the operator to apply the shoe to the former;but the design of the machine may be altered without departing from myinvention.

a is the bed of the machine, and Z) a driving-shaft, with pulleyc andfly-wheel c fixed upon its end outside the bed.

d is a column projected upward from the bed, with a goose-neck cl,carrying abearing e for a pivot 6, upon which a leverf is pivoted tovibrate the former. A crank g is attached to the inner end of the shaftZ) and connected by a rod 7L to the rear end of the lever f. The forwardend of the lever carries the former i, which is preferably madedetachable from the lever, so as to use various styles of formers in thesame machine to use with various patterns of shoes. The former is heldremovably upon the lever by a time tail Z and set-screw m. The former isprovided with an acute corner to penetrate be tween the heel'seat andthe sole, as shown in Fig. 2, to round the heel-seat uniformly at itsjunction with the sole, and the supporter n is of wedge form, adapted tofit into the groove between the sole and upper, and is rigidly attachedto the frame of the machine adjacent to the sharp corner of the former.\Vith the construction shown the rotation of the crank g operatesthrough the rod 7t and lever f to vibrate the former vertically, and thesupporter is therefore arranged with the wedge projected downward, sothat the shoe may be held against the same with the heel-seat uppermost.The supporter is proferably made adjustable to hold the heels ofdifferent'sized shoes at a suitable distance from the vibrating former,and is shown attz'tchedmovably upon the pivot-pin e bylugs o. Aclamp-screw is inserted throughaslot q in one or both of the lugs 0 topermit the vertical adjustment of the supporter and to hold it rigidlyin position. The supporter is shown in Fig.7 with its edge curved andplaced in contact with curved dotted lines representing the heel-seat sand the bottom of the seam 0' adjacent to the sole. The operative cornerof the former to which the referencedetteri is applied in Fig. 0 may bemade straight, as shown in the drawings, or curved. like the supporterin Fig-7, or both may bemade straight. Alastistightly fitted within theshoe to shape the heel-seat, as heretofore, and the shoe is pressedforcibly by the operator in contact with the supporter n, the guidefitting into the groove 0- and holding the heel-seat at a suitabledistance from the vibrating former to receive the blows of the latter.The rapid vibration which is possible in such a machine permits theformer to operate at very minuteintervals all around the heel-seatWhen'the shoe is turned in contact with the supporter, and thus shapesthe heel-seat much more evenly and effectively than when it is hammeredby hand. The detachability of the former from the vibrating lever andthe adjustability of the supporter permit the same machine to be usedfor all styles .and sizes of shoes, while the ad justment of thesupporter to and from the corner of the former wholly obviates the necessity of adjusting the stroke of the latter. A crank ofuniform strokemay thus be employed to actuate the former, or any suitable means may besubstituted for such crank to reciprocate the former in proximity to thesupporter. A dotted line 00 is shown .in Fig. at extendedzthrough thepin e to represent the radius upon which the former vibrates. Theexterior surface of the supporter is preferablyconcentric with the pin6', as shown .in Fig. 4,.and by pivoting it upon such pin it may beadjusted vertically and still preserve a close contact with thevibrating former, which oscillates from the same pivot.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen that it greatlyfacilitates the shaping of the heel-seat and secures a uniformity ofshape thatis difficult to obtain by hand labor.

As neither the shoe nor its last require to be clamped in the machine, agreat deal of time is saved, and the operator may quickly change oneshoe for another as the heel-seat of .each is completed by the machine.

The means for vibrating the former is obviously immaterial; but if adetachable former be used it'is obvious that a vibrating carrier must beemployed to reciprocate the same, and the lever f represents suchreciprocating carrier in the construction illustrated.

\Vhere the supporter is projected from the pivot of an oscillatingcarrier, as shown in thedrawings, the former may be made to reciprocate.inside the supporter, as shown in Fig. 8, which represents thesupporter and former in plan, like Fig. 5. In such case the former wouldbe attached to the lever f nearer to the fulcrum, and the operation ofthe former within the supporter would enable the operator to reverse theshoe (indicated in Fig. 1) in relation to the supporter, which would bemore effective for shoes made with a cer-' tain kind of welt.

As my invention is not limited to an scillating carrier. the supporterand former may be sustained and actuated in any other suitable manner.

The operation of my invention has been described in connection with theforming of a heel-seat; but the edge-setting of a shoe may obviously beeffected with the same mechanism, as the operation is precisely thesame, the supporter a in such case fitting between the sole and theupper in the same manner as it is represented in Fig. 1 fitting betweenthe heel and the counter.

I am aware that a tool for shaping shoes to their lasts has been devisedheretofore, the same consisting in the shaping member and a tonguesecured rigidly thereto and adapted to enter the seambetween the soleandupper of the shoe. My invention differs from the said construction incomprisinga vibrating former and a stationary supporter for the shoe. Ihereby disclaim the said prior construction.

Having thus set forth my inventiomzwhat I claim herein is 1. Aheel-seat-formin g and ed ge-setting. machine comprising the formert'and meansfor vibrating the same, and the supporter 71, adapted to enterthe seam between the sole and upper of the shoe and held stationaryadjacent to the path of the former to sustain the shoe when pressedagainst the same by the operator.

2. A heel-seat-form ing and edge-setting machine comprising the carrierand means for vibrating the same, the. former 1', having a dovetailgroove fitted adj ustably to thecarrier and clamped thereon by means ofa setscrew, and the stationary supporter-n, adapted toenter the seambetween the sole and upper of the shoe and located adjacent to the pathof the former.

3. A heelseat-forming andedge-settin g machine consisting in a suitablebed, the column (1, having the lever f pivoted thereon by-the pin 6, thewedge-shaped supporter n, pivoted adjustably upon such pin, the former2', secured detachably upon the said lever adjacent to the supporter,and means for vibrat ing the leverf, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

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lYitnesses:

OBADIAH WEsrBaooK, FRANCIS J. SWAYZE.

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